Jessiika Wilsonhttps://jessiikawilson.com
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3232133885087Goldie’s Birth Storyhttps://jessiikawilson.com/2019/08/06/goldies-birth-story/
https://jessiikawilson.com/2019/08/06/goldies-birth-story/#respondTue, 06 Aug 2019 09:23:14 +0000http://jessiikawilson.com/?p=4028It’s been 3 amazing months since our Goldie girl entered our world and changed it for the better. Never in my wildest dreams after having two boys did I think that one day I would be one very happy mama to a beautiful girl, I just feel so incredibly blessed and so grateful that she’s here and also LUCKY; just god damn lucky.

Goldie was a year in the making before we even tried for her, deciding to have number 3 was a tough decision. Only because (and i’m sure this is the reason for many people) children are expensive, 2 to 3 is a huge adjustment if you don’t already have a big house or a big enough car and everything else that comes with another child. The deciding moment for me was when someone said to me once, you only regret the children you DON’T have and in that moment I was kind of just like, life”s too short, have the baby and the rest will fall into place.

Phil and I fall pregnant very easily, I knew I wanted an April/May Baby so we planned to try during ovulation in August, that week came and then 2 weeks later we had our + positive!

27th of August 2018

Morning sickness kicked in at about 6 weeks for me, at first it was pretty standard.. first thing in the morning then would ease. I had to go for an early glucose test at 8 weeks just because Bowie was over 4500g.
I managed to make it through the test without being sick but vomited on myself driving home, that was basically the end of me. From then on I was constantly ill, I went to hospital once, we ended up pulling a mattress out and leaving it on the living room floor and that was pretty much where I stayed up until 14 weeks. I get asked all the time how I managed 2 kids while suffering from HG and honestly I just survived each day. The kids were really good to me, it was almost like they knew. Whenever I would be sick Levi would come and rub my back and bring me a cup of water, he was only 3 and he had the biggest heart. I also took a bit of a break on my Instagram, I just couldn’t even look at my phone so I just switched off completely.

We announced our pregnancy on the 3rd of November when I was 13 weeks, my morning sickness had subsided but didn’t fully stop until about 18 weeks. We found out what Goldie was on Christmas day, we had a close friend organise a gender reveal box for us, it was really intimate and special and I’m glad it was something Phil and I could share together.

So third pregnancy was definitely full on for me! and I didn’t experience half of these symptoms the first two times,
but whats important is I survived!

We had a scan booked in for 34 weeks to check the size of Goldie, having two previous babies on the larger side (9.2 pounds & 10.6 pounds) we really wanted to keep an eye on her and make sure that we weren’t going to have a giant baby again and a crazy birth like we did with Bowie! (he tore my cervix, you can read all about it on Bowie’s Birth Story)

During the scan they said she was measuring fine but she had flipped and was now sitting breech. I was pretty disheartened at that time because it meant we couldn’t set an induction date unless we turned here, they also mentioned that if we couldn’t turn her then we would be likely to have a C section, thankfully we had a successful ECV done at 37.5 weeks (where they turn that baby manually with hand movements) It’s uncomfortable, I wouldn’t say unbearable but I just focused on my breathing and thought about the end game and I got through it!
It took less then 3 minutes.

We booked in to have an induction at 39 weeks, the reasoning behind this was purely I wanted to be in control of my labour, Bowie’s birth brought up a lot of fear for me, fear that I didn’t even know I carried with me. I wanted my third birth to be calm and enjoyable, I wanted my recovery to be normal and easier. I didn’t want a giant baby to tear through my cervix, I just wanted it to be calm.

Sunday May 5th

We went in at 6pm, they checked my cervix a couple of times, I was 3cm dilated. They decided I didn’t need any intervention to get the process started (gel or balloon) and so they would keep me overnight (just in case my waters broke after all the fiddling around) and we would start again in the morning by breaking my waters.

Monday May 6th

6:00am I went back to birth suite, I had an internal at 7am and was still 3cm dialated. From then on we basically just chilled for most of the day waiting for a doctor to be free to start my induction.
Finally at 1:00pm they broke my waters, I remember having a little cry during the process. It was painful but I think I really cried because I realised that this was it, it was baby time! Bowie’s birth was 2.5 hours from my waters breaking so I thought this would be quick)

Having your waters break is a weird feeling, I don’t remember feeling a pop just a warm gush on the bed, afterwards I got up to shower just to freshen up and I was in there for about 20 minutes because every time I turned the shower off and dried myself I would have another gush and wet every where again! haha

I had my an epidural put in around 2pm before any syntocin or drip had been done, with Levi I had an epidural after 6 hours of labour and with Bowie I had nothing, so having already experienced a drug free labour and remembering how hard/painful out of control it was I was completely okay with going pain free for the whole thing 3rd time around, In my mind I just thought if I know i’m going to get it anyway why wait and put myself through the pain if I didn’t have to! I also laboured really quickly with Bowie and that’s why I couldn’t get the epidural so I didn’t want that to happen this time, I wanted to be in control.

After that it was pretty slow going until about 5:30pm.
I started to feel a pain on my right side, I remembered when I had the epi with Levi that they had said sometimes It can favour one side and leaning to the other side can help it spread out more so I turned onto my right side hoping it would ease.
As time went on the pain got stronger and stronger, I told my student Midwife that I was starting to get really uncomfortable and that I didn’t think it was working. The midwife came in and checked my epidural and everything appeared to be okay.

By 6:30 the pain had spread and I could feel every contraction, I tried breathing through but it’s always hard.
I did get upset, not so much at the pain as at this point although it hurt it was still tolerable but the fear kicked in again.
My mind just kept taking me back to Bowie’s birth and I just kept telling myself it’s going to hurt, it’s going to hurt, I can’t do this again.
Phil was really incredible during these moments, he hardly let go of my hand, he was always reassuring and strong for me.
The anesthetist came in and checked the back of my epidural, I can’t remember exactly what she had said as I was contracting but she had a little play and said if it didn’t start working again soon they may have to re do it.
At that time I had been labouring for about 2 hours, I said to myself you know I can do it, I couldn’t have that much longer to go I’ll just stick it out. Over the next 2 hours or so that all came crashing down, the pain was high, I was crying uncontrollably, everything that I had planned (pain free, easy birth) just wasn’t happening, I was scared.

Around 9 I asked for a second epidural, my contractions were almost every minute and lasting 30 or so seconds, a midwife suggested that I try that gas while we did the epidural as I had to sit still during the procedure. I was never a fan of the gas with the boys but I really wanted to calm myself down so I was happy to try. Personally I don’t think it helped with the pain but for me it helped with my breathing and it was almost a distraction. I sat on the edge of the bed holding on to Phil while the midwife counted through my contractions with me, keeping my breathing steady and encouraging me. She is someone who I won’t forget, even Phil was like thank god you were here!
For a minute it was like we were the only three people in the room, it just goes to show what a good midwife can do for your mind set.

Once the epi kicked in I was a happier girl! I could still feel my contractions slightly but there wasn’t as much pain, I still used the gas during them to help take the edge off. I still felt everything below my pubic bone, I’m not sure why… sometimes it just happens.

I don’t really recall what happened between getting the second epidural and starting to push, maybe the gas worked better then i thought!
haha, I think I started pushing around 11:00pm.
I was on my back for most of the time and It was such an awkward position, I kept getting the urge to push during contractions but I just couldn’t get myself in the right spot to get there. I asked the midwife if I could turn on my side, she helped me and then she put a gym ball between my legs just to give me a rest and just encouraged me to push as I feel.
As soon as I turned on my side though I could feel everything, I could feel where and when I needed to push, I could ride that urge and with my next contraction I pushed as hard as I could, I felt her head coming before they even realised how close I was.
Then everyone just started saying “Keep going Jess, she’s right there, don’t stop, keep pushing”
(wow I just started crying while typing this)
I just felt this rush and this strength, I could feel the “burn” but for me, it’s not painful, it’s motivating, it just gave me the push I needed to dig down and push even harder.
(Just FYI no I didn’t poo, but I did with Levi, I didn’t see anything I just felt the midwife wipe my bum haha)

After her head was out I rolled onto my back and felt the top of her head, wet and warm.
I felt my contraction come and I pushed down as hard as I could, I felt her little arms come out and I reached down and grabbed her and pulled her up onto my chest.
May 6th at 11:33pm Goldie Bloom was born.

After they cut the cord they were doing their checks down stairs, I didn’t tear but I had a 900ml blood loss, they pressed the button that sets the alarm off and the room suddenly seemed chaotic.
Instantly I burst into tears because It was Bowie’s birth all over again yet I was more aware, I turned to Phil and just said
“they’re taking me, they’re going to take me, it’s happening again”.

After Bowie was born I had a 2L hemorrhage, I was rushed to theatre where they discovered he’d torn my cervix.
I wasn’t able to hold him, give him his first feed or even walk for 18 hours.

After more discussion the doctors were confident that the bleeding had stopped and that I didn’t have to go to theatre, I was so relieved in that moment. I didn’t want to let Goldie go or leave Phil. Over the next hour the midwives did their usual obs, I gave Goldie her first feed and rested. Phil left at 12:30am, He’d been there since 7am and I didn’t want him to fall asleep driving home so I told him to leave. (there was no where for him to sleep in the birth suite)

Goldie had a slight fever after she was born, it came down after an hour though.
After everyone had left it was just me and Goldie in the birth suite, I was so tired but I couldn’t sleep.
I felt the urge to pee even though I had a catheter, I kept telling the midwife but we couldn’t really work out what was happening as the bag attached to it showed there was urine so it seemed to be working.
After she left the room the urge became so strong that I just kind of pushed as if I was sitting on the toilet to pee and low and behold I pee’d everywhere all over the bed, I could hear it dripping on the floor!
I did this 3 times, after the third time they moved me back to the maternity ward haha
It didn’t happen again after I moved though.

I got back to the ward at around 3:30am, there was another woman in there recovering from her birth, her baby was in special care (totally fine just had a temp) she slept the whole time so It wasn’t a bother. If anything I was more on edge because I was worried about waking her!
Goldie didn’t make a peep but I still couldn’t sleep, I just kept starting at her, sitting up after every little noise.

She was born at 11:30pm on the 6th and we were on our way home by 3pm on the 7th.
We had to wait for myself to do a wee more then 3 times (which was fine and pain free as I had no tearing)
and wait for her to do a poo.

My Recovery with Goldie was different with the boys, It was faster and I left the hospital the next day which I didn’t do with the boys, however I did get after birth pains with Goldie and I’d never had them before. They were incredibly painful, I got them every time I fed her for about a week and a half.

The first 24 hours after Goldie was born she literally slept, I fed her once in hospital with expressed breast milk through a syringe, the midwife on said that Goldie was probably just exhausted that’s why she’s sleeping so much and it was important to get food into her to get her sugars up. The first night home she definitely had awoken from her sleep Hungry! She fed every hour. I was tired, but I was so content, I was happy to wake up to her and just stare and watch her suckle.

When I look back at my birth with Goldie, even though everything didn’t go to plan it was still a positive experience for me, I look back and I feel good about it. Birth never goes to plan, you can write as many birth plans as you like but I think it’s really important to stay open minded about your birth so when it doesn’t go exactly the way you’d hoped it’s not the end of the world.
Healthy baby & healthy mama is the most important thing.

If I could give any tips to upcoming birth mums they would be

1. Know your options, do your research. If I hadn’t done this when I found out Goldie was breech I would have been pushed into a C section
2. Get a student midwife, I loved mine; having someone with me, by my side that I could ask questions whenever I wasn’t sure, who knew the system and my birth options, some one who had my best interest at heart, someone to come with me to appointments and question the doctor if It didn’t seem right or if it wasn’t what I wanted but I was too scared to speak up, It was the best and I’ll always treasure our student midwife!
3. Get a Birth Photographer, these photos I will always treasure! I probably wouldn’t be able to recall half my birth without them!
I’m so thankful for Melissa Jean and the magic she helped us create that day.

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https://jessiikawilson.com/2019/05/19/radiance/#respondSun, 19 May 2019 02:45:19 +0000http://jessiikawilson.com/?p=3846“My mother is pure radiance.
She is the sun I can touch and kiss
and hold without getting burnt.”

― Sanober Khan

]]>https://jessiikawilson.com/2019/05/19/radiance/feed/03846Baby Moonhttps://jessiikawilson.com/2019/05/13/baby-moon/
https://jessiikawilson.com/2019/05/13/baby-moon/#respondMon, 13 May 2019 00:47:27 +0000http://jessiikawilson.com/?p=3824Going into baby number three I knew the already limited alone time Phil and I had together between the boys and everything else would be limited even more with another baby in our arms, our Goldie girl has been with us 7 days today and out of those 7 days Phil and I have shared a bed approximately 0 times. But to be fair we have Levi & Bowie to thank for that, ha!

So when the opportunity for us to have some alone time before baby number three came along we jumped at it! We’ve never had a “baby moon” before so we were excited, just to be alone, just to have the option to do whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted!

We spent the weekend at the Wyndham Hotel Surfers Paradise and we had the most incredible time. The first thing we noticed when arriving at Wyndham Hotel Surfers Paradise was the amazing customer service. Phil is really OCD about good customer service (it’s his job) and it’s the first thing he takes note of anywhere we go. All of the staff were so friendly and kind it was really welcoming and definitley one of the reasons we will return.

The hotel was beautiful, we stayed on the top floor (17th) and the views were amazing! I will never pass up an opportunity for ocean views because in my opinion they’re worth every extra dollar!
The room was the perfect size for us with a full kitchen, the bedroom and a king size bed (hallelujah!) and of course, ocean views from the bed! And the Balcony was HUGE which was perfect for soaking in the sun for our morning coffee!

My favourite thing about the Wyndham Hotel Surfers Paradise was definitley the POOL! The area was beautiful, they had lounge chairs and 2 cabanas that we quickly snapped up in the morning, it was a really good size and suitable for kids and adults. Right next to the pool they had a huge recreation deck with barbecues, alfresco seating and television so if you wanted you could take your family down to the pool and cook a bbq lunch you could watch the football at the same time! Or if you’re anything like us ABC Kids haha
They also offered other facilities like an outdoor spa and gym, stylish lobby bar, café and restaurant, free Wi-Fi, and free onsite parking.

Another great thing about the Wyndham Hotel Surfers Paradise was how close it was to the beach, it was only a 5 minute walk down one street before you had your toes dipped in the sand.
Can I just say being able to say “let’s go to the beach” grabbing a towel for yourself and leaving the apartment in less then a minute was such a thrill, if we had the kids with us it would have taken us an hour just to make sure we had everything haha
Surfers Paradise is beautiful though, we spent the Saturday afternoon just soaking up the last of the sun, watching people surf, not worried about dinner and enjoying each others company.

I highly recommend anyone who is just about to welcome a new baby into their home to go on a baby moon, taking time to reflect and really appreciate each other before you have to share yourselves is really important and helpful for your relationship, it just gives you an opportunity to be like “Hey, It’s about to get really busy around here; so I just want to take this time to tell you I appreciate you, I love you and I’m happy to be here with you”.

Thank you to Wyndham Hotel Surfers Paradise for giving us the opportunity to stay with you, we enjoyed every minute of our stay and can’t wait to return with all of our children.

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]]>https://jessiikawilson.com/2019/05/13/baby-moon/feed/03824Levi and Bowie’s Playroomhttps://jessiikawilson.com/2019/03/14/levi-and-bowies-playroom/
https://jessiikawilson.com/2019/03/14/levi-and-bowies-playroom/#respondThu, 14 Mar 2019 01:54:34 +0000http://jessiikawilson.com/?p=3780I always knew I wanted a separate area from sleep and play for our boys, they aren’t the best sleepers and so seperating the two spaces was something I thought they would benefit from. Having all their toys in one room has been really beneficial and we love how they play in there and how clean their bedroom stays!

When I first did up their playroom originally I just packed it full of colour and toys and things and thought it would work but soon realised that it was probably too overwhelming for them and it just encouraged them to be destructive rather then imaginative and creative so I’ve since stripped it back, still keeping it colourful but calm.
The Wall paper also makes such a huge difference to this space, it just adds a touch of something to rid all of the white!
As we are renting we used removable wall paper, goes on easy and no damage once removed! It really does transform the space.

These Desk Draws from Ikea are ideal for us! They are HUGE and store all of the boys toys in them, the are wheeled on the bottom so they are easy to open and I really loved the pop of colour. I put all of their natural/wooden toys on top of them to keep the space neutral and not overwhelmed. Don’t get me wrong though, our playroom isn’t full of beautiful handcrafted pieces and this is where the draws come in! I decided against clear containers because I wanted to be able to hide all of “shit” looking toys (in my opinion haha) so that they could still have them and they could pull them out whenever but having the big draws just made it a thousand times easier to pack away! There’s no organisation method in them, I’ve seen people do it but I just wanted to be able to open up the draws and throw it all back in with no fuss! I also highly recommend a soft play mat in a play room, it’s perfect for building and floor play; especially if you’ve only got hard floors or soft carpet, Lego towers need it!

I love this little corner of the room, especially the prints! I usually have the animals set up on here in the cane basket because Bowie is obsessed with them and he usually takes them out and lines them all up. We also use this area for other fine motor skill play like threading and magnetics and drawing. The Table and stools are from Ikea, I just painted the tops of the stools different colours to add a bit more fun to the space but they come just as a raw timber. I think it’s important to have a table area for your children to play and seperate them from the floor. When kids are immersed in play, they need plenty of room to spread out!

On the otherside of the room they have all of their arty stuff and small intricate activities like small lego and magnetics.
The higher shelves we use because some things need to be supervised and having them up high just means they have a place but can’t be easily accessed by small people. I love the idea of having a big art table with all the coloured pencils and crayons you could dream of but it just isn’t practical when you live in a home with white walls and creative toddlers!
It’s an easy way to store activities too so when the boys need to do something different I can just bring a container to the mat and we can play with something different.

They love the ikea play kitchen, we hacked it to make it more inviting just using paint from bunnings, it’s a rough job but they don’t mind thankfully! We’ve got a mix of hard and soft foods, I prefer the soft because it probably get’s thrown around more often then played with but it just means no one get’s hurt and it doesn’t send us in a world of pain if we step on something!

I love having the books on open shelves, this really encourages the boys to read them more so then if they were just stored in a box or shelf. It makes it easier for them to choose a book to read as well so they don’t have to pull everything out, and book covers are getting so pretty these days it’s nice to look at them and appreciate the illustrations!

And that’s it for this space! I hope it inspired you to create a magic space for you little babes!
Quick tips,

Keep it fun
Plenty of floor space
Easy to move furniture so you can switch things up!
Open ended toys and play (kitchens and blocks)
A big table
Activities and toys your kids actually like
Get rid of all the old or broken toys
Storage Storage Storage

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]]>https://jessiikawilson.com/2019/03/14/levi-and-bowies-playroom/feed/03780Baechella Baby Showerhttps://jessiikawilson.com/2019/03/08/baechella-baby-shower/
https://jessiikawilson.com/2019/03/08/baechella-baby-shower/#respondFri, 08 Mar 2019 00:38:23 +0000http://jessiikawilson.com/?p=3720My Coachella (baechella) themed baby shower was an actual dream for me, I can’t believe how well everything came together on the day! Despite the rainy weather it was still the fun, bright shower I dreamed it to be! I love baby showers but sometimes they can be a snooze and I really wanted to steer away from the traditional shower, I just wanted my guests to have fun! I wanted to put in the effort for them as I appreciated them taking the time to come and celebrate with me and shower me with beautiful gifts for this growing baby girl. All in all I am positive that everyone had an amazing time and all the effort that went in to putting it together was so worth it! But I couldn’t have done it alone, I was so lucky to work with some incredible Brisbane based business’ that I can’t recommend enough! So Let’s get into it!

Megan is the wonderful lady behind Maeflower picnics which is a Brisbane based business that specializes in event styling and picnics. Maeflower picnics provided all of the tables, plates, glass wear, cutlery, decor, rugs and cushions around the tables. They arrived 2 hours before the party and set everything up, I didn’t have to do a thing! The Tables were a hot spot for the party and having the dinner wear meant I didn’t have to buy any plastic plates cutting our waste/rubbish by so much!
I loved these wooden tables too for a different look then pallets, we loved that we could sit at them and put our legs under them as well. We used 5 tables for the party and there was plenty of room for 30 or so guests, highly recommend!

This isn’t the first time I’ve used the services from My Alter Ego Catering and there really is only one reason for that, they are the BEST IN BRISBANE! I cannot recommend a food catering company more highly! This is the first time I’ve done a dessert table for a party and it will not be the last, this was the HIT of the party, The chocolate fountain had it’s work cut out for it, everything they put together was absolutely stunning to look at and mouth watering to eat, It’s almost been a week since the party and I’m still thinking about the banana bread dipped in the chocolate fountain, yummm!

I love cheesecake & chocolate mousse and knew that I needed to add that to the party, The Cheesecake shop brought our their dessert cup range last Valentines Day and they were so delicious and such a hit they a year later they’re still here! And Thank God because they’re the best things ever! And the mini cakes are to die! I noticed people taking the mini cakes to the tables and putting them on a share plate, every girls dream!

The Beautiful flower displays were done by the very talented Kayla from a wandering wild flower which is a Brisbane based business that specializes in handmade wreaths and floral arrangements. Kayla put together the spread on the table’s and it really brought the whole room to life! Not to mention the extra sparkle she added to my bathroom! The flower’s were gorgeous and we even used them the next day for a milk bath maternity shoot!
If you’re wanting to add some extra va va voom to your next event invest in real flowers! It makes such a difference!

All of the incredible Balloons were purchased from Parties Made Pretty which is based in Perth but has an online store that you can shop from. The Balloon garland comes ready to set up with balloons, wire and instructions. I used an air compressor to fill the balloons, we then tied two balloons together at a time and wrapped the wire around them to link them together. We had SO many a balloons we were able to make two garlands out of it! The Baby Girl balloon was used for the dessert table was also from Parties Made pretty. Balloons really make any party theme pop!

Extra Details

Outfit Details – Dress was a vintage piece borrowed from a beautiful friend.
I wore the Rae Edge tie front crop and Frenchie Knit shorts from Coven and Co underneath and the my shoes were Seed Heritage. All of my jewellery was purchased from Collette.

Custom Baechella Mirror – Was designed by tleaf collections and custom, you can get any wording you like!

Ferris wheel – The Ferris wheel was custom made by my beautiful friends husband, I knew for it to really be a coachella themed party we just had to have some kind of Ferris wheel and he really out did himself!

Baechella chocolates – The Custom chocolate bars were supplied by Print and Party, I think customising things like chocolates or even water bottle and drink labels can really add to a party to make it your own and really bring out your theme! I highly recommend Print and Party for the little chocolates, Anna custom created this label for me and it was perfect!

Extra’s

I wanted something fun for my guest’s so I created a photo room in the kids Playroom, we installed the second balloon garland with some letter balloons to spell BAECHELLA (from Big W) and put in a ring light. Then i attached my little canon Gx-7 camera on top and set it to a 5 second timer and it was there all night for people to use. There were about 150+ photos by the end of the night and they were hilarious!

And that about sums it all up! A huge thank you to everyone who helped contribute to this day.

also, a special thanks to my good friend Jaimi who spent the whole day setting up with me and doing my hair.
I wouldn’t have gotten it all done with out you!

Lastly, another thanks to my darling friend Harmony who spent a good 2 hours shopping with me to get supplies, who did the most incredible job on my make up and who hired her hubby out to me to create the post epic party statement.

What a night! #BAECHELLA

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https://jessiikawilson.com/2019/03/03/milk/#respondSun, 03 Mar 2019 08:27:24 +0000http://jessiikawilson.com/?p=3663What do you do when you have a bath load of flower’s left over from your baby shower? You add milk, a 30 week pregnant mama and 2 babies and make magic. We did this when expecting our second baby and I really wanted to recreate what we did including
my two little men, Levi & Bowie.
We filled up the bath pretty high and added 1.5L of Milk to make it creamy, then Roses & Peonies, lot’s of them!
And well, MY HEART IS FULL.

]]>https://jessiikawilson.com/2019/02/27/natural-laws/feed/03658Nursery Revealhttps://jessiikawilson.com/2019/02/21/nursery-reveal/
https://jessiikawilson.com/2019/02/21/nursery-reveal/#commentsThu, 21 Feb 2019 09:15:54 +0000http://jessiikawilson.com/?p=3611I’m so happy to finally be sharing our Nursery with you all! It is nothing like I imagined it to be when I first started planning but I love so much and how it has come together! Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would create a room filled with this much pink but once you start it’s so hard to stop, CLEARLY!
I wanted this space to be really warm and dreamy, the blush tones and wood work so well together in this space, I love it!
and that WALL PAPER! Did I mention it’s totally removable!

I will link everything pictured at the end of this blog with direct links AND DISCOUNTS, YAY!
If there’s anything I’ve missed please leave a comment!

Other Details: Frames are from Ikea, Fairy Lights are Kmart battery lights, The Cot is Oeuf Sparrow Cot we purchased second hand 3 years ago but they’re available at Zanui (linked). The Olli Ella white basket, Jelly Cat and Cam Cam change mat are also old purchases from the boys previous Nursery and can be found through some of the stores listed above, try (Dear Heart Children & 3 Little Crowns.
We used Command strips (SHOP HERE) to hang the Frames Up. For the Canopy we used a spring toggle (SHOP HERE) and for the Beaded hanging rack we used ceiling hooks (SHOP HERE) All purchased from Bunnings.

Top Tips for Wallpaper: PLAN & Be Patient, their is a quick video on my IGTV of how we installed it. But take your time, make sure you follow the instructions and prep your walls, it’s totally worth it!

How did you create your mood board: I used style source book (online & free) to create the mood boards, it’s really simple! A lot of the products I wanted I did have to add myself so that can be tricky as you need to find your image of your product, open it in Photoshop, cut the image and then save and add to your own style source gallery. It’s time consuming but worth it for me because I needed to be able to see everything on a mood board to see how it would come together and if I liked it and even to make sure all the hues of pink went together. It’s also great when working with business’ so they can have an idea of what you’re trying to achieve and can make a decision on whether they want to be apart of your design.

How much did you spend: I was really lucky that I was able to work with business, with combining my photography and platform I was able to give business’ exposure and high quality images for their socials and websites so while it seems like I got a lot of stuff for “free” I really did have to work for it and planning a nursery is not easy, not to mention the 5-6 hours it took to photograph and edit the images. If i had to put a number on the worth of the room though I would say around $2500-$3000 if everything was added at original purchased retail value (including draws/cot/wall paper/rug).

Where did you start planning: I knew I wanted the Sara Winfield print in the Nursery and that’s where I started, you can see how the colours all stem from the art work. Pick something you want to stand out in your nursery and draw your inspiration from it.

]]>https://jessiikawilson.com/2019/02/21/nursery-reveal/feed/13611Know that I will always be grateful for us.https://jessiikawilson.com/2019/02/08/know-that-i-will-always-be-grateful-for-us/
https://jessiikawilson.com/2019/02/08/know-that-i-will-always-be-grateful-for-us/#respondFri, 08 Feb 2019 03:40:09 +0000http://jessiikawilson.com/?p=3534“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”